55 - Letter from Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan

55

Letter from Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan

2 pp; manuscript

Letter from Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Franciscan Capuchin Friary Fort Bragg, California, to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. providing financial information on the parish for the forthcoming Provincial Chapter. He notes that the Fort Bragg parish operated on a very modest budget, with average monthly receipts of $72 and expenses of $60. While Father Finbarr notes there is ‘no debt proper’, he lists several annual ‘assessments’ (taxes or fees) totalling approximately $155, including city and county taxes, and contributions for the cathedral, orphans, and seminarians. He reports a small community of approximately 60 Catholic families and 120 Catholic children in the Fort Bragg parish. Similar reports and financial statements for various Irish Capuchin missions in California and Oregon prepared for the 1928 Provincial Chapter are included in the file.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition